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LOT 1476

Bactrian Bronze Scorpion Mount

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 3/4 in. (35 grams, 44 mm).

Shaped as a scorpion with curving tail and pincers, the body with circular depressions, attachment loop beneath.

Provenance

Acquired before the early 1970s.
with Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007, lot 417 [Part].
Ex London, UK, gallery.

Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1476

Bactrian Bronze Scorpion Mount

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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